Today In The MHSAA: 2/18/21

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

February 18, 2021

More league champions were celebrated in skiing Wednesday, with regional champions rising in Muskegon-area bowling and statewide elite facing off in competitive cheer, basketball and hockey.

1. Skiing: Harbor Springs’ girls clinched their 13th-straight Lake Michigan Conference title, and Great North Alpine claimed the boys title – Petoskey News-Review

2. Skiing: The Onekema girls and Benzie Central boys finished league title runs in the Lake Michigan Ski Conference – Traverse City Record-Eagle

3. Bowling: Whitehall’s girls won their first Greater Muskegon Athletic Association championship, while Fruitport’s boys repeated – Local Sports Journal

4. Competitive Cheer: Reigning Division 2 champion Allen Park topped reigning runner-up Gibraltar Carlson after the powers were separated by less than a point after Round 2 – Southgate News-Herald

5. Hockey: Division 3 No. 3 Flint Powers Catholic shut out Division 1 No. 4 Saginaw Heritage 5-0 – WJRT

6. Boys Basketball: Orchard Lake St. Mary’s got past Grand Blanc 65-52 in a matchup of highly-regarded contenders – Oakland Press

7. Hockey: Division 2 No. 4 Bloomfield Hills Brother Rice downed Division 1 No. 2 Brighton 4-2 – Observer & Eccentric

8. Hockey: Division 1 No. 6 Traverse Bay Reps downed Division 2 No. 8 Traverse City Central 3-1 – Traverse City Record-Eagle

9. Girls Basketball: Carly McCrum went over 1,000 career points as Bay City John Glenn downed Alma 41-32 – Bay City Times

10. Girls Basketball: Although New Lothrop lost 52-47 to Linden, the Hornets’ Brooke Wenzlick went over 1,000 career points – Owosso Argus-Press

Also of note …

Athletic Directors: East Grand Rapids’ Tim Johnston, an MHSAA Bush Award honoree this past year, will retire this summer after 38 years in educational athletics – Grand Rapids Press

Today in the MHSAA: 11/5/24

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

November 5, 2024

1. VOLLEYBALL Marshall twice took one-set leads before finally downing Battle Creek Pennfield in five in a Division 2 District opener – Battle Creek Enquirer

2. VOLLEYBALL Grand Traverse Academy twice came back to eventually defeat Leland in five sets in Division 4 – Traverse City Record-Eagle

3. VOLLEYBALL Bay City Central also twice came back from one-set deficits to defeat Bay City John Glenn in five in Division 1 – Bay City Times

4. VOLLEYBALL Brighton Charyl Stockwell also went to five sets, in Division 3, to down Stockbridge – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

5. VOLLEYBALL Manistee came back from a 2-1 deficit to defeat Hesperia in a Division 3 opener – Manistee News Advocate

6. VOLLEYBALL Escanaba swept Gladstone to advance in Division 2 – Escanaba Daily Press

7. VOLLEYBALL Ida pulled away from Adrian Madison for a four-set win in Division 2 – Monroe News

8. VOLLEYBALL White Pigeon and Centreville were victorious in Division 3 openers – Sturgis Journal

9. VOLLEYBALL Unionville-Sebewaing and Sandusky advanced in Division 3 as well – Huron Daily Tribune

10. VOLLEYBALL Ishpeming downed West Iron County 3-1 in a Division 3 opener – Upper Michigan’s Source